January 19, 2009

As I wait for the walnut sides for the 12 string to arrive, I had a little free time to work on Zebrez.  I decided to use a simple black plastic binding for both back and top with no purfling.  As I want to try a sunburst finish for the top, I felt purfling would be distracting.

The plastic binding is applied with #16 Weld On acrylic cement.  Very easy to use compared to AR glue and wood bindings matched with purfling.

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This shows the back binding after gluing and holding in place with binding tape.  Before doing the binding, I inserted a black plastic end graft piece.

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First I cut out the channel for the graft, then carved out the wood to the depth of the graft piece, then glued and banged in.

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This along with the binding install is only a few hours of work.

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